FAQs

What’s the duration of the adoption program?

With one single payment you are adopting a bamboo for life! However, a bamboo clump is considered mature/established 7 years after planting. This means that after 7 years a clump, will have individual stems that have reached their maximum diameters. At this point we will no longer update your page every 6 months as growth will be less dramatic as in the first 7 years. The dedicated page of you bamboo will still be updated with new photos each year and high resolution photos remain available on request.

How do you calculate the CO2 offset stated on the certificate?

We have detailed scientific studies on the CO2 uptake of Guadua Bamboo at every stage of their development). The total accumulated CO2 uptake of 1 Guadua clump from planting up to year 7 (when the clump is considered mature) is on average 1978,5 kg. Our certificate will state that you have contributed to offsetting a total of 2 tons in the next 7 years. Since your bamboo will continue to grow, it will also continue to sequester CO2, but we are not in the business to trade or sell carbon credits, therefore our certificates cannot be sold and should be appreciated as a batch of honor rather than a financial instrument.

Where does the money go to?

All donations from the Adopt a Bamboo Reforestation program are stored into a separate account. These funds are used to pay local farmers for growing bamboo on their land and to help them generate income during the first 7 years of initial growth and development. We also provide the planting materials, labor and consultancy free of charge to the land owner. 

After 7 years, the company Guadua Bamboo SAS offers to buy the annual harvest (only mature stems which consists of about 20% of the total plantation) on a yearly basis. In other words, Adopt a Bamboo supports farm owners to re-establish native bamboo forests on deforested land, and to create a sustainable income and a healthy eco system for the future.

Non of the donations are used to fund the planting activities at Hacienda Guadua Bamboo. We do use the planted bamboos at Hacienda Guadua Bamboo as a proof of concept to get the ball rolling.

My company wants to promote your reforestation efforts, how can we help?

As a company you are best off with our Business package as you will get a lot of exposure (on-and offline). You could encourage you customers to donate small amounts, and pool the funds in order to purchase a business package. If you have other creative ways to support our reforestation project, than by any means feel free to send us and email.